Manx
Society - Founder Members

The following list taken from that published in vol 1 of the
society's publications shows the founder members;NM = non-manx, a '*'
indicates a member in 1868/9;
They include 23 out of the 24 Keys, most of the Legislative Council
or senior adminsitrators and most (if not all) of the legal
profession as well as 10 vicars/rectors.

(1809-1880) son of Henry Ley Bennett (tobacco and snuff manufacturer/merchant) & Martha Ratcliffe who moved to Island after death of Henry c. 1823 - m.1839 Sarah Anne Woodward (1814-1886) Liverpool. The family resided at Ballacosnahan, Patrick, c. 1842-47 then built substantial house called Willaston (The Old Hall, Willaston, Wirral, was the'ancestral' home of the Bennett family) in Onchan

Family connected
with Island since 1760. Partner in large glass works in
Sunderland, son was J.J. Kayll who went to KWC, later
becoming an artist/manager of a stained glass company whose
products are in St Mathews and Ramsey churches.